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Probably a dumb question, but why is my 2.5gb network card only showing 1gb speeds? Is it because my switch is only 1gb?
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Hi. I have a motherboard (Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H) with two Gigabit network cards connected to the PCI slots. The cards: While it has two PCI-E ports, I can't use them since they are already populated (with a 4-port USB 3.0 card and a NVMe SSD). Anyway, even if I could use them, it would not make any difference. PCI slot: 533 MB/s PCI-E (x1 2.0): 500 MB/s So, in theory the PCI is better. Since I have a 700 Mbps (download) / 70 Mbps (upload) connection, and I use this PC to move files between PCs, I want to get rid of the bottleneck. For now, I connected two Gigabit Ethernet network cables between both Gigabit network cards and the switch (TP-Link TL-SG1005D). I may be too delusional, but just setting up both connections with the same local IP didn't do the trick: Before anyone asks, the built-in network port of this motherboard is Gigabit-compliant, but it is faulty. Therefore, I have to use external solutions. Thanks in advance.
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I have a 80 Mbps internet line in my house. The internet comes over a fibre optic cable, is converted to ethernet which then plugs into my router. I'm using a D-Link DIR-825 as my router. It has 4 gigabit ports, all of which I use. One of my router's ports isn't working anymore, so I've thought about getting an ethernet switch, maybe plugging my router's LAN to the switch, and using the switch to connect to my 4 devices (2 PCs at Gigabit speeds, 2 APs at 100Mbps). I used to think switches were very simple, but I'm starting to see some specs like Forwarding rate and what not. What specs do really matter in my situation, and how heavily can getting a low-priced switch affect my network speeds?
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Apologies for the rudimentary picture (10/10 ms paint skills) Basically I want a 2.5gbps connection between my PC and my Unraid NAS, gigabit is fine, I don't NEED 2.5gbps i just want it haha! My NAS has an SSD as a cache, so copying files is currently limited by the gigabit connection as indicated by the 113mb/s transfer speed (i assume with some overhead, theoretically 1000mbps = 125mbs?) The picture explains it reasonably well, but to reiterate, if i upgrade that gigabit switch to a 2.5gbps switch, would my PC and NAS then have a 2.5gbps connection to one another? i'm using SMB on windows to access the shares on unraid, so i wondered because of it using the network, does that communication go through my access point which would limit it back to gigabit speed? The coloured lines indicate the ethernet runs so that if needed you can refer to specific ones, they're a mix of cat5/6 i can check and specify which is which if that is relevant! Also if it would just be a case of replacing that switch with a 2.5gbps one, any recommendations? Also the NAS doesn't actually have the PCIE 2.5gbps port card yet, so any recommendations for that too would be awesome! Thanks in advance!
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Hello, I was wondering what the cheapest way to get gigabit speeds through coaxial cable was. According to what I've found, moca 2.0 adapters do the job, but the problem is that they are, at the cheapest, $80. Yeah, I know that running ethernet cable would be far cheaper, but it's a really long distance, and I have no experience running cables through walls. The link also already works, as I have cheap directtv adapters that cap out at 100mbs that work. So, baring running ethernet, which is something I am not going to do, are there any cheaper options than moca 2.0 adapters that also allow for gigabit through coax?
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I've been looking for a VERY cheap Coaxial Gigabit Modem that doesn't have a router for about 3 hours now lmao. I have a Nighthawk X4S Router which can do Gigabit but I need to upgrade my modem. I've been looking and I cant find one cheap. I don't need name brand or one that looks nice. Anyone have any ideas or modems? -
I have my PC in the back of my bedroom where my WiFi signal is pretty bad. As such, I've been getting a maximum of 80mbps download using my Intel duel band WiFi card with a gigabit line to my router. As a "let's see what happens" I added a wifi tp-link dongle I had laying around and connected it to the same router and now I get 180mbps. If I remove either my WiFi card or my dongle I get a maximum of 80mbps. For context, Im running windows 11 with an i5 9400f and a gtx 1060. I would add a wired connection but I don't want to run cables all over my house. Can someone explain why this would be the case? -
Does anyone know anything about this motherboard? I've tried google and YouTube both and can not find any info on it. I had to do an update for it and the only way I could find the update was by emailing the company I bought the pre-built from. Thanks in advance.
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Would the quality of streaming be better if hooked up with a 2.5gbps connection vs traditional 1gbps? would resolution be better or anything? -
Hello. I've recently built a new PC with brand new parts and I've run into a problem. I've noticed that only on this PC, my upload is only nearing 10 Mbps while my download is around 100 Mbps. Now, this is where the problem lies. My other PC did around 300 Mbps up and down together with ease, so I'm having a bit of a head scratcher cause I just can't seem to find out why. Things I've done: Updated all MOBO drivers (Including Network) Turned off metered connection Made sure the Speed and Duplex setting in Device Manager was set to my 2.5 Gbps Made sure it wasn't the router other device being affected. I'm wired directly to an extender. I've also got AT&T Fiber, but while the extender is obviously not going to reach the full Gigabit, It should be giving me 300-500Mbps like usual. Specs (If anyone needs it) MSI Z490-A Pro 1200 LGA Intel 10700k 32 GBs of 3200 MHz of RAM 2080 FE 750W 80+ Gold Any and all help is truly appreciated, I'm really stumped as I was going to begin streaming as this PC can now handle it. Thank you!
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So I've recently set up a NAS on some old hardware that I had laying around plus some newer drives and I'm only getting 100baseTX on the NAS despite it being capable of Gigabit. Specs: i3-4160 16GB of DDR3 Gigabyte motherboard (if the model is needed I'll edit it in) 3x 4TB WD Blue 5400RPM 240GB ADATA SU835 Hitron CODA-4582 router All over ethernet into a motherboard that supports gigabit and a router that also supports gigabit. Currently getting around 11MBps transfer speeds between my computer and the NAS with both being on Ethernet and both being capable of Gigabit speeds. Edit: CAT6 to my PC and CAT5E to the NAS.
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Since my apartment (about 140m² ) has lots of thick walls and several mirrors I have lots of trouble getting wifi to work well everywhere at decent speeds. So over a year ago decided to get two basic routers (besides the one my ISP already gave me, so 3 in total), and spread them across the house in order to get good wifi to all rooms. However, recently I upgraded my internet to 250 Mbps, and now I need to upgrade the 2 extra routers to gigabit ones, and I'm having trouble deciding which ones to get. Basically my main options are: - TP Link Archer C6 (https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/archer-c6/#specifications) - ASUS RT-AC59U (https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-WiFi-Routers/RT-AC59U/techspec/) It might seem like an overkill, to have 3 (the ISP one + 2 of my own) gigabit dual band routers at home, but my plan is to get 5 GHz wifi in every room of the apartment(2.4 just doesn't do it anymore nowadays, so I hope to disable it across all the devices), so I can actually get nice speeds wherever I am. I'm no net expert, but I do know more than your basic user, however I don't quite know how to tell the difference/which is better out of those routers. I'm basically looking to understand why one is better than the other, or why should I choose one over the other since I wanna purchase something that I won't need to upgrade for a while. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've seen from reviews online, they seem to be pretty close in performance all over, with the ASUS having a few more configuration options. I live in Brazil, so these options were the ones I managed to find at decent prices, but feel free to suggest others around this price range! Any tips/suggestions are greatly appreciated!!
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I have a "gigabit networking" plan from Telus (950+ Mbps U/D advertised speeds). I have a modem in the garage, from which I run a CAT5e cable to my room from. In my room is a 10 port gigabit Dlink switch with no more than two active connections at a time (when I did the attached test, my PC was the only one using the network). We do not have many other devices running at the same time which consume bandwidth. I am certain that the outward connection from the switch is perfectly fine, since I have gotten 960/980 speeds on my Macbook Pro via thunderbolt adapter, from the same port on the switch with the same cable, right after the attached test. My motherboard is a MSI X570-A Pro, with a Realtek 8111H PCIE GbE Network Controller. I've updated the driver, reset the router/modem, changed an ethernet cable, etc, and I'm stuck on how I might get my PC's network speeds up to where they should be. The only thing I know might help that I haven't done yet is throwing out the entire motherboard. Just in case this might help, here are my "Advanced Settings" under Device Manager: Advanced EEE: Enabled ARP Offload: Enabled Auto Disable Gigabit: Disabled Energy Efficient Ethernet: Enabled Flow Control: Rx & Tx Enabled Gigabit Lite: Enabled Green Ethernet: Enabled Interrupt Moderation: Enabled IPv4 Checksum Offload: Rx & Tx Enabled Jumbo Frame: Disabled Large Send Offload IPv4/IPv6: Enabled Max RSS Queues: 4 Power Saving Mode: Disabled Priority & VLAN: Enabled Receive Buffers: 512 Receive Side Scaling: Enabled Speed & Duplex: Auto Negotiation And the rest should be irrelevant, I think(?) I should probably also note that I tested my network speed four or five times after this, it either stayed the same or the download would fluctuate up to 300 and then come back down. Historically my PC has never gone faster than 500 Mbps, even with the GbE plan and same hardware. I am running Version 10.45.928.2020 of the Realtek PCIe GbE Controller driver. Thanks for any help!
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Hi, I have a motherboard with an extra PCIe 3.0 x1 slot. I wanted to put a NIC like this Dual Port Gigabit PCI Express Server Network Adapter Card and was wondering if the PCIe 3.0 x1 will bottleneck a 2-port gigabit card that's using full bandwidth. Let's say I configure it to Link Aggregation/LACP and make it effectively 2gbps. Will the PCIe 3.0 x1 slot bottleneck this card? If so, how much of a hit would it take? Thanks,
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First time setting up home network with separate modem and router. Cannot seem to get the speeds I'm paying for out from the router. Nothing has been customized (i.e. IP addresses, subnet masks, etc.) Everything up to the DOCSIS 3.1 router is receiving Gigabit Service successfully Receiving ~250Mbps down when should be 700 - 1000Mbps down I have tried Cat 7 and Cat 5e cables with the same results I have troubleshot the issue on both the most recent firmware and the factory version firmware; no success PC has Intel Gigabit Ethernet port I tried with and without AiProtection, Adaptive QoS enabled; no success I don't use AiCloud 2.0, USB app, or Traffic Analyzer Guest Network and IPv6 is disabled I've spent the last four hours troubleshooting this searching for anything and have found nothing in regards to the RT-AX3000 regarding degraded speeds. My brain is absolutely fried and any help would be greatly and gratefully appreciated!
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I have tested 2 different PCs in the house while trying to limit for differences between tests. The PCs use different components, but I built them both and they both work as expected. I am testing the internet speeds on both using speedtest by Ookla. I am using the same cat6 ethernet cable connected directly to our modem for both PCs. The process is as follows: I test PC A and it has a download of ~950Mbps (close to the gigabit we pay for), and then I immediately unplug the ethernet cable from PC A and plug it into PC B and test the internet on PC B which is then ~150-200Mbps. What could be causing this extreme difference in download speed? PC A has Windows 10 Pro while PC B has Windows 10 Home. PC B has a built-in wifi card, but I turned off the wifi and only left the bluetooth on.
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To whomever is reading this, thank you. I built a new gaming pc with an ASUS ROG Z490-E gaming motherboard, i7-10700k. My understanding is that the gigabit adapter supports up to 2.5 gigabit ethernet speeds. well im only getting around 350 speeds. At first I thought it must be my ISP. After several hours of talking to them, nothing. I didnt have any other device to test with a gigabit port until now, I just finished rebuilding my wifes pc and her pc gets the full gig speed. So now im pulling my hair wondering why this very expensive pc isnt giving me what its supposed to. I tried manually setting it to full duplex gigabit mode, and nothing. its the same exact ethernet cable that worked on my wifes pc so I know it isnt the cable. Im really hoping someone can help me solve this issue because it has truly been frustrating to say the least. I will try to respond to any comments as soon as I can. Thank you for any future help or attempted help.
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I have one pc with windows 10 installed in it. i use my additional hard disks in that pc and i directly connect it to my pc using a cat5e cable (i get up to 1Gbps). i want to access the files of my computers (both of them) using my laptop and using the computer near the TV to watch films... (not to remote connect and play, to just open the films in my other computer). Can i do it by just buying a switch (i found a cheap switch "D-LINK 1008a" which is 100Mbps [that is fin for me] ) but i still need the access to my second my pc with 1Gbps cuz i edit 1080p 60fps videos using it (according to what i have seen, 100Mbps isn't enough). what if i do the thing in this picture (directly connect the 2nd pc to my main pc using my cate5e cable and the ports of the mobos [as i do now] and add a 100Mbps network card for both my storage pc and my main pc and hook it up to a switch using some cat5 or cat5e [both of them doesn't have a huge difference in the price in my country ] and also connect to a access point and connect it directly to the pc near the TV, and access all the files in all the pc's using any pc..., so that would be separate ). NOTE : I AM NOT CONNECTING THEMTO INTERNET AND ONLY TO SHARE THE FILES. connect using 100Mbps connect using 1Gbps (i have only done this for now) DO I NEED A ROUTER, OR CAN I DO IT ONLY USING THE SWITCH (only to share files) the 1Gbps should be separate from the 100Mbps one which is connected to other devices (because i video edit and sometimes even photo edit using it, so that speed really matters) can i do the thing in the picture without any problem (even its hard), please guide me or will it cause a problem... please help when i click on network i see this ( in this pic there is only my main pc with the shared files... [ i have switched off the storage pc but when its switched on i see that pc here too (only the shared folders and drives) ] ) - so, will connecting the computers twice (one using the 1Gbps and other using the 100Mbps which is also connected to other devices) cause a problem?? if i am wrong please guide me! THANK YOU!
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I have an 1Gbps network, my mac have 900Mbps with ethernet connection. I have another laptop but with the adaptor is stucked around 300-350, while on wifi is going better 400Mbps. I tried the adaptor on the Mac and is going 300-350 as expected so it should be adapter. I'm looking for an adaptor that someone tried and can say that can go around 900Mbps, an USB 3.0 or even a USB-C would be better. I'm buying from Amazon Italy My source for the test is from Ookla's speedtest, I plugged the adaptor in a USB 3.0 (I'm 100% sure)
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Essentially, I am having trouble getting my hardwired computer to reach speeds above 180 mbps despite having 1200 mbps internet through Xfinity. Here are some test that I've done: Used the same ethernet cable (Cat6) with laptop which was able to reach expected speeds (~850-950 mbps download) Used a different cable (also Cat6), but no luck Used a different port on Unifi switch, but no luck Verified that the Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V driver is up to date (Driver Version is 12.19.2.45 with a driver date of 01/30/2022) Within Ethernet Advanced properties, tried to hard-code the 'Speed & Duplex' value to '1.0 Gbps Full Duplex', but with no luck Within Ethernet Advanced properties, turned 'Off' the Energy Efficient Ethernet property, but with no luck Verified that the mobo drivers are up to date (it's an Asrock B250M Pro4) I'm really quite at a loss at what to try next . Any thoughts / advice is much appreciated!
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Hi all, So I just upgraded to gigabit internet today, so naturally to test it, I go to Steam and find the biggest game I can find to download. When downloading, it maxes at about 33MB/s (roughly 264mb/s), and I know it can be the Steam servers, so I tried a few, plus deleted my download cache on Steam, and I can't seem to get any faster. I double checked my SSD that I install to with CrystalDiskMark and it's plenty capable to write faster (it is roughly 500MB/s read/write). I also checked to make sure my CPU isn't bottlenecking, and it is not, it's a i7-8770k at 4.3GHz when boosted and it is definitely not bottlenecking when checking on CPU and SSD usage. I tried downloading games from other clients (Xbox, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard) and none of them reach as high as Steam as well. To add, all the other extra clients get a max of like 16MB/s as well for whatever reason. I know companies can put limits on speeds on their clients, however I've seen images of people downloading faster. I am not using a VPN or any weird settings on my PC that would bottleneck the downloads, that wouldn't be set by the OS at least. Any ideas or anything? When doing speed tests on multiple different devices in my house, when connected to ethernet, they get roughly 900up and down, just not when downloading games off clients for whatever reason. Thanks all!
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Hello, I've been meaning to upgrade my home network, I've been using Google's Wi-Fi mesh network for about part of 2 years now, but I faced a lot of maintenance issues with them (wi-fi & Lan speeds dropping etc...) and so after 2 years and 2 unresponsive hubs I decided to look for a new networking solution. So after watching the recent Short-Circuit YouTube video on the ASUS Zen WIFI Pro ET12 Router I decided It would be a suitable replacement and the reviews where great on it so I decided to pull the trigger. It's been 2 weeks after installation of the New Wi-Fi mesh system, my WIFI speeds are absolutely Amazing! I'm getting almost 800 GB/s on downloads and about 300 MBPS on uploads but on the other hand my Lan speeds are horrible! I'm receiving about 1 GB/s on downloads (Amazing) but receiving 1-5 MBPS on upload speeds (Bruh). I've tried countless network restarts, entire modem & mesh resets, new land cables and numerous devices. I'm absolutely stumped and have no idea what todo. Somethings about my network: Verizon Fiber Gigabyte plan 4 different Mesh points around my home. I do require LAN connections for some equipment in my home like the camera systems so it's crucial to have at least decent upload speeds over LAN. I would greatly Appreciate any help/Suggestions. Thank you! I've attached some screenshot's for reference.
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Sorry for the long post but I need some help please. So, currently I have 3 deco M5 pods used for mesh WIFI (link) currently running at about 350mbps. I have checked with my ISP and I can upgrade to 1.1gb WIFI for cheaper than my current plan so am planning on doing it. problem 1: I am admittedly greedy and want 2.5gbE to my pc which my motherboard does support. now, my pc is upstairs and router is downstairs aswell as the fibre cable that comes into my house. problem 2: the Deco M5 pods can only run mesh WIFI at a max of 875mbps and, as I'm upgrading to much faster WIFI, I would also like to utilise that to the best of my ability. I have thought of a couple solutions that may work but I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions on if they would even work in the first place or how to improve it. (ISP provided router link) solution 1: I plug my ISP into a 2.5gbe switch. Then I run an ethernet cable through my garage and into my room for a new router such as the ASUS TUF Gaming AX3000 V2 or to connect to my pc. This is a slight problem as the ASUS TUF Gaming AX3000 V2 does not have 2.5gbe. solution 2: I plug my ISP into the switch mentioned above and then connect my Deco M5 pods to the switch aswell as another Ethernet port to my pc. this would mean that I can maybe get 2.5gbe when it becomes available from my ISP to my pc but I was wondering if it would work if I connect the pods to the switch and then the switch to my ISP router. (I attached an image because I'm awful at explaining stuff) router setup maybe?? If anyone could help me with any solutions they have, you would be a life saver and make my year if you need any more info, feel free to ask
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I finally got away from ADSL (20Mb/s~ Up, 3Mb/s~ Down) and I'm not on a symmetric 1gbps connection which is just pure bliss. Whilst my wired devices are happily chugging along at near gigabit speeds, devices connected via Wi-Fi are not. I have a Ubiquiti Dream Machine running UniFi OS UDM 2.4.27, previously I had smart queues enabled however since I've started using fiber, I've disabled that option. I'm unsure if there's anything else I need to change on my router, but I can't think of anything that should have such a drastic impact on the speeds. Options on my Dream Machine: Smart Queues - Off Firewall & Security Country Restriction - Off Threat Management - Off Wi-Fi Bands - 2.4 GHz & 5GHz Band Steering - On Wired: Wireless (using an iPhone 14 Pro Max stood around 2m away from the router):
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Hey Guys, I'm new and not a native speaker / writer so please be nice So my goal is to use my current spare laptop from 2016 as my Home NAS. Software wise i would probably go with Ubuntu LTS. The Main issue is that my Laptop only got USB 2.0, WiFi 2,4 GHz and 100 mbps LAN so no matter what connection i try to use i will get bottlenecked speed wise. Because my Laptop also has a DVD Drive which uses a basic SATA connection my idea was to just uninstall my DVD drive, get a SATA cable and connect it to a RJ-45 Gigabit adapter. I searched a while on Amazon, eBay, etc. but wasn't able to find any kind of SATA to RJ-45 Adapter pre-build BUT lots of USB-A and USB-C to RJ-45 one. My next idea was to get a SATA to USB-A or USB-C connector and then plug-in a basic USB-A / USB-C to RJ-45 Gigabit Adapter. I'm not really that much into protocols / network tech and wasn't able to find any forum thread in this or an other forum which would answer my question. So is it possible to go this way or will it work because of something i oversee? I hope someone can help me. Greetings from Germany Jan
